The Independent . « ,.- The last few days have Prohibition , , , ?., . been crowded with tn- Victones umphs for the enemies ofthe saloon. On February 2, Oregonsnew law, absolutely prohibiting the im-portation of liquor for beverage pur-poses, was approved by the the same day a similar bill wassigned by the Governor of has adopted a prohibitionlaw which not only prevents shipmentsof intoxicating liquor into the state,but from one part of Arkansas to an-other or storage of such liquor in anypart of the State. All of these laws aredesigned to take advantage of
The Independent . « ,.- The last few days have Prohibition , , , ?., . been crowded with tn- Victones umphs for the enemies ofthe saloon. On February 2, Oregonsnew law, absolutely prohibiting the im-portation of liquor for beverage pur-poses, was approved by the the same day a similar bill wassigned by the Governor of has adopted a prohibitionlaw which not only prevents shipmentsof intoxicating liquor into the state,but from one part of Arkansas to an-other or storage of such liquor in anypart of the State. All of these laws aredesigned to take advantage of the Su-preme Courts recent decision uphold-ing the constitutionality of the fed-eral law which prohibits the shipmentof intoxicating liquors into states thathave laws forbidding such statewide prohibition bill, whichhad passed the lower branch of theIndiana Legislature, passed the StateSenate on February 2, by a vote of38 to 11. The bill now goes back to thelower house for the consideration of. amendments adopted in the Senate. Aprohibition bill providing for the ap-pointment of a commissioner to see thatthere are no violations of the law haspassed the Utah Legislature almostunanimously. Governor Kendrick, ofWyoming, has signed a bill submittinga constitutional amendment for stateprohibition to the voters in 1918. Therigid prohibition bill for the territoryof Alaska, which had already passedthe United States Senate, has beenequally successful in the House ofRepresentatives. Putting the lh\ .meetin« of *« tingClock Forward National DaylightSaving Convention inNew York has given new impetus to amovement already widely advocated bypublic men. The plan is to set allclocks forward one hour during thesummer months. The theory upon whichit is based is that people in our modernindustrial civilization do not regulatetheir habits by the sun but by thearbitrary time scheme of clocks andwatches and factory whistles. There-fore a universal agreement to call whathad been s
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